Healthy Harold has been an integral part of Australian education since 1979, empowering children through health education. He did have a one-year hiatus last year, but is thankfully back in action.

Who invented Healthy Harold?

In the 40 years since, roughly seven million Australian children have participated in the program, which is dispatched across the country via its famous mobile learning centres and delves into topics ranging from illicit drugs to puberty and nutrition. An early version of Harold with Life Education founder Ted Noffs.

Is Healthy Harold Australia?

Healthy Harold is an Australian icon, everyone’s favourite giraffe and the star of his own shop.

What does Harold the giraffe teach?

Harold the Giraffe is the mascot of Life Education. He works in the mobile classroom with the educator, to help encourage conversations with the students about situations they might find themselves in and how to act in a positive way when they do. Giraffes are tall.

Is Harold the giraffe real?

The 19-year-old giraffe, known outside the park as the mascot of the Life Education Trust, died overnight. Animal collection manager Ian Adams had worked with Harold since he arrived from Chicago in 1994. “He was an absolutely iconic animal and his death is a major loss to the park,” he said.

Is Harold the giraffe still a thing?

Littlies are taught subjects like resilience and reading emotions, and as they go through their primary education later get introduced to subjects including cyber bullying, drugs, and puberty. 28 years later, Harold is still beloved by many students across the country, myself included.

What did Healthy Harold talk about?

Healthy Harold is about educating children and young people to make safer and healthier choices through education and having been doing so for nearly 40 years.

What is the aim of Healthy Harold?

Our aim is to engage our supporters whilst building much needed funds for the ongoing delivery of our services. We are the leaders in preventative health and wellbeing education in Australia. Based in evidence and impact.

How long has Harold the giraffe been around?

Healthy Harold has, for 37 years, rolled up outside schools in his iconic van to deliver responsible messages to children aged between five and 13 about drugs, alcohol and healthy living.

When was healthy Harold made?

It is the largest independent health education provider for primary school aged students. Founded in 1979 by Ted Noffs, the program has reached over seven million students as of 2019. Although initially founded to operate in Australian states, the program has had international reach including Europe and Asia.

Is Harold a puppet?

One of Rotorua’s most loveable mascots has been stolen. Harold the Giraffe was taken from the Life Education Trust’s mobile classroom on the weekend. The puppet, worth $1400, is only 4 weeks old and was purchased to replace the old puppet with funding from the Rotary Club of Rotorua.